It was the second arrest of a person charged with stealing electricity from UI in less than a month.

On Feb. 1, Bishop William Marshall, pastor of City of Life Worship and Deliverance Center in Bridgeport and a member of the city’s fire commission, was arrested and accused of stealing more than $8,000 in electricity from the United Illuminating Co.

On Oct. 19, investigators for the United Illuminating Co. were out checking a meter at a building on Seaview Avenue where Marshall was operating Marshall Artz Barber Shop and Tattoo.

Police said said that although the power to the barbershop had been disconnected in 2013 for Marshall failing to pay an outstanding balance of more than $4,000 it appeared the meter was still running and electricity was still being delivered to the barbershop.

When UI investigators examined the electric meter Martin said they discovered it had been illegally reconnected allowing power to be restored to the barbershop but not registering the service on the meter.

Martin said investigators calculated the loss to UI from August 2013 at 33,782 kilowatt hours for a total of $8,191.86.

UI has a staff that is assigned to detect theft and fraud of UI services.